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• the present invention relates to the field of radiochemistry and in particular to radiofluoridation. Specifically, the invention relates to a novel method for the radiofluoridation of iodonium salts wherein a free radical trap is included in the reaction mixture.
• An additional embodiment of the invention is the radiofluoridation of iodonium salts using a solid phase reaction.
• Aromatic nucleophilic substitution using the [ 18 F] fluoride anion to displace a suitable leaving group from an electron deficient aromatic ring is known as a method for the production of [ 18 F] fluoroarenes.
• the nucleophilic substitution reaction is illustrated below:
• X n represents between 1 and 4 electron withdrawing groups and L represents a suitable leaving group, e.g. fluoro, bromo, nitro, tertiary amino or iodo.
• the radiochemistry is performed using a nucleophilic radiofluorinating agent such as [ 18 F] caesium fluoride or [ 18 F] potassium fluoride.
• a phase transfer reagent such as KryptofixTM is used when the radiofluorinating agent is [ 18 F] potassium fluoride.
• These radiofluorinating agents are prepared from cyclotron-produced no carrier added (NCA) [ 18 F] fluoride [as described by Aigbirhio et al 1995 J Fluorine Chem 70 p 279].
• Decomposition of iodonium salts by a free radical chain reaction process has been identified as a significant factor in the observed yield variability of fluoridation reactions using said iodonium salts. Accordingly, the inclusion of a free radical trap in the reaction mixture blocks the radical chain decomposition pathway for iodonium salts such that only the reaction leading to fluoridation can occur and the yield of aryl fluoride becomes reproducible.
• the reaction may also be carried out on solid phase. In both the solution and the solid phase the preferred method of the present invention is radiofluoridation.
• the present invention relates to a method for the production of an aromatic fluorine-labelled compound comprising fluoridation of an iodonium salt with a fluoride ion source characterised in that the reaction mixture contains a free radical trap.
• the “fluoride ion source” of the present invention is suitably selected from potassium fluoride, caesium fluoride and tetraalkylammonium fluoride.
• the preferred fluoride ion source of the invention is potassium fluoride which is most preferably activated with a phase transfer reagent, e.g. KryptofixTM.
• free radical trap is defined as any agent that interacts with free radicals and inactivates them.
• a suitable free radical trap of the invention is selected from 2,2,6,6-Tetramethylpiperidine-N-Oxide (TEMPO), 1,2-diphenylethylene (DPE), ascorbate, para-amino benzoic acid (PABA), ⁇ -tocopherol, hydroquinone, di-t-butyl phenol, ⁇ -carotene and gentisic acid.
• TEMPO 2,2,6,6-Tetramethylpiperidine-N-Oxide
• DPE 1,2-diphenylethylene
• PABA para-amino benzoic acid
• ⁇ -tocopherol hydroquinone
• di-t-butyl phenol di-t-butyl phenol
• ⁇ -carotene gentisic acid
• the reaction mixture usually contains at least 1 Mol % of the radical scavenger and preferably about 2-500 Mol %. A more preferred range is from about 10 to 400 Mol % of radical scavenger in the reaction mixture.
• iodonium salt is defined in the present invention as a compound comprising an ion of the form Y 2 I + .
• the iodonium salt of the invention is of Formula I:
• Alkyl used either alone or as part of another group is defined herein as any straight, branched or cyclic, saturated or unsaturated C n H 2n+1 group, wherein unless otherwise specified n is an integer between 1 and 6.
• Aryl used either alone or as part of another group is defined herein as any C 6-14 molecular fragment or group which is derived from a monocyclic or polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, or a monocyclic or polycyclic heteroaromatic hydrocarbon.
• halogen means a group selected from fluorine, chlorine, bromine, and iodine, including isotopes thereof.
• Suitable protection for R 1 to R 5 may be achieved using standard methods of protecting group chemistry. After the fluoridation is complete, any protecting groups may be removed by simple procedures which are also standard in the art. Suitable protection and deprotection methodologies may be found, for example, in Protecting Groups in Organic Synthesis, Theodora W. Greene and Peter G. M. Wuts, published by John Wiley & Sons Inc.
• the iodonium salt of the invention is preferably solid support-bound as in Formula II:
• the “solid support” may be any suitable solid-phase support which is insoluble in any solvents to be used in the process but to which the linker can be covalently bound.
• suitable solid support include polymers such as polystyrene (which may be block grafted, for example with polyethylene glycol), polyacrylamide, or polypropylene or glass or silicon coated with such a polymer.
• the solid support may be in the form of small discrete particles such as beads or pins, or as a coating on the inner surface of a cartridge or on a microfabricated vessel.
• the “linker” may be any suitable organic group which serves to space the reactive site sufficiently from the solid support structure so as to maximise reactivity.
• the linker comprises zero to four aryl groups and/or C 1-20 alkyl, C 2-20 alkoxyalkyl or C 1-20 haloalkyl, and optionally one or more additional substituents such as oxygen, halogen, amide or sulphonamide.
• the linker may also suitably be a polyethylene glycol (PEG) linker. Examples of such linkers are well known to those skilled in the art of solid-phase chemistry.
• the precursor Q of Formulae I and II is preferably an aryl group optionally substituted by 1 to 5 substituents independently selected from nitro, cyano, halogen, C 1-10 hydroxyalkyl, C 2-10 carboxyalkyl, C 1-10 alkyl, C 2-10 alkoxyalkyl, C 1-10 hydroxyalkyl, C 1-10 aminoalkyl, C 1-10 haloalkyl, C 6-14 aryl, C 3-12 heteroaryl, C 3-20 alkylaryl, C 5-12 arylene, C 2-10 alkenyl, C 2-10 alkynyl, C 1-10 acyl, C 7-10 aroyl, C 2-10 carboalkoxy, C 2-10 carbamoyl, C 2-10 carbamyl, or C 1-10 alkysulphinyl, or protected versions of any of these groups; or alternatively forms a four- to six-membered ring together with the R group to which it is adjacent, or protected versions thereof.
• the fluorine-labelled compound of the invention is preferably an [ 18 F]-labelled compound and the fluoride ion source is preferably a source of 18 F ⁇ .
• the [ 18 F]-labelled compound is an [ 18 F]-labelled radiotracer, i.e. an [ 18 F]-labelled compound that is suitable for the detection by PET imaging of particular biological targets within a subject.
• the [ 18 F]-labelled tracer is preferably selected from the compounds listed in the first column of Table I.
• the respective precursors of these [ 18 F]-labelled tracers are given in the second column of Table I, wherein P 1 -P 4 are each independently hydrogen or a protecting group.
• R 1a and R 2a are independently selected from hydrogen, a protecting group, C 1-6 alkyl, C 1-6 hydroxyalkyl,
• [ 18 F]-labelled compounds of the invention are [ 18 F]-DOPA, [ 18 F]-dopamine, and [ 18 F]-fluorouracil, with [ 18 F]-DOPA being especially preferred.
• the present invention relates to an [ 18 F]-labelled compound produced by the method of the invention.
• Example 1 describes the attempted fluoridation of diphenyliodonium triflate with potassium fluoride.
• Example 2 describes the fluoridation method of Example 1 carried out in the presence of 2 mol % TEMPO.
• Example 3 describes a known method of radiofluoridation of diphenyliodonium triflate which produced highly variable yields.
• Example 4 describes the method of Example 3 carried out in the presence of 70 mole % TEMPO.
• the radiochemical yields obtained were considerably more consistent that those obtained in the absence of a radical scavenger suggesting that the variability observed with the method of Example 1 was at least partly as a result of the presence of free radicals.
• Example 5 describes the method of Example 3 carried out in the presence of 50 mole % 1,2-diphenylethylene (1,2-DPE). The radiochemical yield was similar to that obtained with TEMPO demonstrating that alternative radical traps may also be used.
• Examples 6-10 describe the radiofluoridation of a variety of other iodonium salts in the presence of varying amounts of TEMPO.
• a radiochemical yield similar to that obtained in Example 4 for radiofluoridation of diphenyliodonium triflate in the presence of TEMPO was obtained demonstrating that other iodonium salts can be radiofluoridated by the method of the invention.
• Example 11 describes how the radiofluoridation reaction would be carried out in the case of iodonium salts immobilised onto a solid phase. As has been demonstrated with the solution phase method, it is anticipated that consistent radiochemical yields would also be obtained with this method.
• Examples 12-15 describe the preparation of various solid-phase bound iodonium salts that may be fluoridated or radiofluoridated by the methods of the invention.
• reaction mixture was then heated to 80° C. for 60 min on an oil bath.
• sample was removed from the hot oil, cooled to room temperature by plunging in cold water and the 1 H 13 C and 19 F NMR determined.
• 1 H, 13 C and 19 F NMR (as appropriate) of fluorobenzene, iodobenzene and benzene in D 3 acetonitrile were also run.
• the resulting intermediate (assumed to be the fluoride) was converted on heating to iodobenzene and benzene in what must be a reduction reaction.
• Example 5 The method of Example 5 was repeated with the addition to the reaction mixture of TEMPO (3.12 mg, 0.002 mmol).
• TEMPO ex Sigma-Aldrich Chemicals
• acetonitrile 0.5 ml
• iodonium resin 98.3 mg
• [ 18 F]-fluoride in 18 O enriched water (( ⁇ 0.4 ml) is loaded into a separate reaction vessel, to this is added a mixture of a solution of Kryptofix (17.9 mg, ex Sigma-Aldrich Chemicals) in acetonitrile (1 ml) and potassium carbonate (0.2 ml of a 0.1 M aqueous solution).
• the fluoride is dried by azeotropic drying.
• TEMPO (9.6 mg) in dry acetonitrile (1.5 ml) is added and the mixture heated to 80° C. for ten minutes, then cooled by a stream of compressed air. The solution is then added to the resin and the reaction heated at 80° C. for 10 minutes.
• the vessel is cooled to 30° C. and the product transferred into a product vial.
• the reaction is analysed by HPLC.
• 6-(4-iodophenoxy)hexanoic acid-aminomethyl polystyrene resin (1 g, 1 mmol) in dichloromethane (15 ml) was treated with peracetic acid (5 ml). The reaction was stirred with an overhead stirrer for 18 h at room temperature. The reaction was then filtered and the resin washed with dichloromethane (100 ml). The resin was then dried in vacuum to give a yellow solid.
• 6-(4-diacetoxyiodophenoxy)hexanoic acid-aminomethyl polystyrene amide in dichloromethane is cooled to ⁇ 40 C is treated with methyl N-t-butoxycarbonyl-3,4-di(t-butoxycarbonyloxy)-6-trimethylstannyphenylalnine. The stirred reaction is then treated with trifluoroacetic acid and allowed to warm to room temperature over 2 h. The resin is washed thoroughly with dichloromethane
• Methyl 11-bromoundecanoate (10 g, 35.8 mmmol), in acetone (150 ml) was treated with 4-iodophenol (7.88 g, 35.8 mmol) and potassium carbonate (9.88 g 71.6 mmol).
• the stirred reaction was heated at reflux for 48 h.
• the reaction was then allowed to cool and the reaction concentrated in vacuo to a gum.
• the reaction was then partitioned between ethyl acetate (150 ml) and water (150 ml). The ethyl acetate layer was separated dried, over sodium sulfate and concentrated in vacuo to solid.
• the solid was dissolved in diethyl ether (100 ml) and petroleum ether 60-80 C (100 ml) added. The solution was concentrated in vacuum to a volume of 100 ml. The solution was set aside and allowed to crystallise. The product was collected by filtration and dried in vacuum to give 12.22 g of solid. The mother liquors were concentrated to ⁇ 20 ml and allowed to crystallise. A further 0.81 g of solid was collected by filtration.
• Methyl 11-(4-iodophenoxy)undecanoate (10 g, 23.9 mmmol), in methanol (100 ml) was treated with sodium hydroxide (2.4 g, 60 mmol). The stirred reaction was heated at 40 C for 60 h. The reaction contained a heavy white precipitate at the end of the reaction. The reaction was then cooled to room temperature and concentrated in vacuo. The resulting solid was then treated with 1N hydrochloric acid (250 ml) and ethyl acetate (250 ml) and stirred vigorously until the solid had dissolved.
• 11-(4-iodophenoxy)undecanoic acid-amino polystyrene resin (1 g, 1 mmol) in dichloromethane (15 ml) was treated with peracetic acid (5 ml). The reaction was stirred with an overhead stirrer for 18 h at room temperature. The reaction was then filtered and the resin washed with dichloromethane (500 ml). The resin was then dried in vacuum to give a yellow solid (990 mg).
• 6-(4-diacetoxyiodophenoxy)undecanoic acid-aminomethyl polystyrene amide in dichloromethane is cooled to ⁇ 40 C is treated with tri-n-butylphenyltin. The stirred reaction is then treated with trifluoroacetic acid and allowed to warm to room temperature over 2 h. The resin is washed thoroughly with dichloromethane.

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